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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
A FEW FIGURES.

Iae'e are about 100000 umbrellas
PafaSols sold in this country every
\ the locomotives of the world are
/ 70 number l05,0O0, representing TO.
n oV0oO00 horse power.
'a'lal statistics show the emigration
F. Italy last year to be 167,s29. OF
lumber 26 s920 came to the United
Iaa Christians in the United States
os' Lplscopalans, S,787,773; Congre
L'-a'' 4 9lO,4l2; Presbyterians, 2,71O,-
Total l6olS,777.
li' country ships to Europe every
= over 100000 barrels of oysters.
'7-! consumption in New York alone
sought to be 100000 of the bivalves
ea years time the percentage of
power employed in this country
...l ~ 20 80 per cent. thus showing
'1''ace in the use of steam.
f. Peninsula Of Hindosten embraces
va square miles, aud has popula-
VI -'5s9l,s21. OF this land it is re-
'- mat TO 100000 acres are useless
estimated that one. sixth of the
-''.oa OF this country, or fully TO-
people are Catholics. There are
1 ,.l !lIcA7' nb5S priests, 81 bishops,
'-'''Aops and one cardinal,
91'7ey reports gives the United
wa. .o1'' line on the Pacific ocean at
-'''', and on the Atlantic at H.
'.' inns includes Alaska on the
,s '.o''. which alone has in extent
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
An Absent Minded Deputy

An amusing incident, illustrative of alb
sent mindedness is narrated Of the last
session of the German reichstag. Herr
Wichman was calling the roll of mem
bers, when, upon reading out his own
name, he naturally received no response.
He called the name a second time, in a
louder tone, and finally roared it.out like
a healthy lunged bull. But at this june
ture the laughter of his colleagues show
ed there must be something wrong, and
soon realizing the ludicrons situation. be
Joined in the hilarity and marked him.
self present.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
Bounty for Timber Culture.

The territory of Dakota ha1 made very
liberal provisions Tor the encouragement
of timber culture. Chapter 145 Of the
session laws OF 1885 provides that any
person planting one acre or more of
prairie lard, within five years after the
passage of this act, with any kind of
trees except black locust or cottonwood,
and successfully growing and cultivating
them for three years shall be entitled TO
receive for ten years thereafter an annu-
al bounty of 81 for each acre so planted
and cultivated, to be paid out of the ter
ritorial treasury, but such bounty shall
not be paid any longer than such trees
are maintained and kept in growing con
dition. The code further provides that
any one-fourth part of any quarter sec
tion Of prairie land, the same being le-
gal subdivision, on which five ceres Of
timber shall be planted by either sowing
or by setting trees or c.ttings, and the
same to be kept in growing order by
cultivation and not to be more than
twelve feet a art each way, together with
all improvements thereon not to exceed
in value 81, 900, shall be exempt from tax
alton for period of ten years from and
diLSE Lue plcuAlhS VI r@iu ~tiAAO0A5 a. =
any change of ownership in such land
shall in no way affect the exemption
from taxation as herin provided. To Sc
cure the benefit of this exemption, the
applicant shall file an affidavit with the
assessor that he has in every way com
piled With the requirements Of the law,
where apon the assessor shall therein
state in effect the following words, to wit:
Exempt from taxation by virtue of tree
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

times $ (56;) that Of the pillars set into
the walls, seven times (2s.) The western
portico has a width of seven times 50 fl2
feet) The whole length of the imposing
edifice is seven times rs (5S2 feet,( and
its heigth 20 the pinnacle of the main
towers was originally planned to be seven
times &c feet; while the three trancepts
have width of seven timee Is feet (iQ5
feet
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
Annual Report Of the Governor Of Idaho.

WAsu1EGroS, oct, l0.-The governor Of
Idaho has submitted his annual report to
the secretary of the interior. The fol
lowing statistics are given; Population,
97250, an increase Of $4,000 over 1880.
Assessed valuation Of taxable property,
$20441 1872. Number OF cattle, 442,363;
sheer, 302 ,245; hogs, COAL; horses, 1872,
922. The loss of stock during the last
winter did not exceed 2l2 per cent. The
IMMORAL production is estimated for the
year: Gold S2,417529; silver, Si,633, 1905
lead, $2,l95,O3O. In the matter of the
proposed division of the territory, the
governor enters strong protest and
rays it is thoroughly distasteful to the
greater majority OF the people and re-
pugnant to the best interests of the tor
ritory.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

A statute OF the late Alfred Krupp Is to
be erected in the market place of Essen
by the municipal council OF the town, at
a cost OF $4,000. Herr Krupp left E25,-
600 10 be used for the benefit Of the IN
habitants Of Essen; and he desired his
son and successor to set aside go, 900 for
a charitable fund in aid Of the workmen
Of the establishment, which fund is TO be
managed by a committee selected from
the workmen and officials.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

Oars many lie on tumb-stun.
III de cats asleep dc bacon am safe.
Tears dat now benin De do am de
fulles' ob sorrer.
Oars no use lookn' at de sun eff hit
spiles yo' eye.
De wicked often wondah how oddahs
kin be dood.
De dog dom baak gifts de bigges' mout
oh breeches.
Doan' weep fo' faded blossoms. Oar
or seeds on de same bush.
De bird on dc wayin' branch amt hit
~ easy e1 de bird on dc stump.
De lightnin' rod man does \ quick job
wild de famah w'ose baan was struck.
Ef q straight face war evidence OBJ
honesty, nobody I'd eyah cotch de man
dat stole dat 60 on skin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
In 1878 there were only twenty.seven

In 1873 there were only twenty-seyen
newspapers published in the United
States. The Williamsburg .(Ya) Gazette
was first published about 1876. 1t was
continued in Richmond for a number of
years after the capital of the state was
moved thither prior to 1900. About two
centuries ago Sir William Berkele, his
majesty's loyal governor thanked heaven
that no paper was published in the colony.
About 1882 weekly paper about the
size of a dinner plate was published in
the town of Manchester, across the
James
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

Don't fail to look over the fences
around the pastures before the stock
learn to break into the corn field.
The demand for plum trees is very
heavy from all over the country, showing
that growers see their value and plant
accordingly.
Where a young tree runs up in light
with but few strong branches and a
slender trunk, the top should be trimmed
off few inches, especially of the main
shoots.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

and holds on with his cruel claws. Tho
poor giraffe runs until he is wearied out,
when tue lion tears him to pieces.
He is easily tanned, is very loving, and
ticks the hand of the person that feeds
him. He does not eat meat, but feeds
on grass and leaves. When tanned he eats
corn and hay like the COW. Like the COW.
too he el.ews the cud. Animals that chew
the cud are called Illuminating animals.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
FcDED AT THE HELM
, .sIisbary's Presence Required
"a save the Sinking Tory
Ship.
p.ofassional Unemployed Glass
Liable to Receive Police
Attention.

v oct. 1.-THE reports which
'Spo on in circulation to-day to the
= o Sa. Tora Salisbury is very i'll al
Ct 'D-. nieppe. are wholly untrue
I've, received tonight from the
ON bimself state that he has been
l ..iisnt health for the last few days
/ 't 4. olso stated, on good authority,
: has announced his intention of
.,g 70 London almost immediate
-,',7 the necessity for his
s.y .o in view of the peculiar situa-
/ Irish affairs. It is agreed on all
,sat competent director is greatly
"a inst now, and there is IN his
/ y, rone so capable of straightning
~ crookedness now existing IN
nolitics than ne. Upon LORD Sal
,ptprr Mr.. Balfour will, it is
.ocd proceed at once to Dublin
/ ~ directly upon the instructions of
/ o..mier With regard TO the future
MT Of the governments war upon
league.
RANps or IDLE PERSONS
!, themselves unemployed work
sor have taken to parading the
a daring the last two or three days,
1 .,.se processions are invariably fol-
/ / bg squads Of police, who are under
.,p-es;ion that the fellows are So
=. bent upou mischief at the first
,,tppity. Many of the paraders are
|sp .ot6e police, who are getting tired
loving them about as men who
N done a days work in years, ami
+. danger that the police will lose
TEMPER and indulge in some pretty
/ :. clubbing if the paredes continue
b longer
JOHN billions SPEECH
tornighdy meeting of the Ma
league in Dublin to-day has Gre
great sensation. His statement
5e organiztion of anew land scheme
o.,ible in the event of the failure of
leagues present scheme-the plan of
|pajsn-is remarkable declaration,
,tonires very little exaggeration TO
Storm it into a threat that the fail
Of the plan Of campaign will result
violent uprising against tn elandlords.
i PEOPLE are ripe for movement that
bettertheir condition, and a word
Il their leaders would be sufficient TO
them to most desperate action.
quarter sessions to-day
docket showed that only two of the
h number OF cases were wholly non
Eical, the entire batch, with these ex-
|ons relating to violations of the
act The Judge expressed him
T. pleased TO note that ordinary
e: had been almost totally abandon
bot grie'ed to see that the people
I set themselves against a single lag.
MR, cHAEBERLAIN's RECEPTION
hands of the Belfast Orangemen
50 enormous affair. Jesse Ceilings
4 N William Thompson, the electri
Eho we're with Mr.. Chamberlain,
rd the houors bestowed upon the
eal leader, but it was Mr.. Chamber
Prominence that brought them in
o.ice rather than any importance at
|lrg to themselves. This reception
pronounced Radical by conservative
|lsenen and the language used by
Chamberlain in his speeches were
(eVaat anomalous, but will have the
f'i 10 r5legats the Birmingham states
INTO the ranks of Toryism, at least
ihe death Of Mr.. Gladstone, when
vii, without doubt, again attempt to
i the Radicals.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

|'i''e Men aud Women.
s"'ae is found in Africa. H.
y. . t. OF all animals, usually about
b.. W.. a'sa. He has two short horns.
b., ..'4 hairy skin. One of the
'l'AE7 about him ia his tongue.
v. .'y long be can put it d great
nv. W. ai. mouth, and twist it round
~. -Sh. which he wishes TO break
q oA 1t it inside the ring Of
@. i've in herds: about twenty
,r. While they are feeding.
es, :, atluels placed ready TO give
.s. a.. ~ enemy is coming. Thew
s,..-.,. way of; their scent is keen.
.-,t.,. lnnefs, so it is not easy
defends himself bravalv
q II. -ny When he fights. he
es1e - vi.h his hiudIegs aud
!. a .... turns his long neck side.
a f. hard blow with his head
s,'ias -e vii conquer even a lion.
g.5 asiimes attacks the ri.
that lie can not resist.
sasa near the stream where
-,las 3laes y drink. when IL i
sPfings upon his back
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
THE FRAGRANT WEED.


Referring back TO by-gone years, Spen-
Ger Gallo IT "diyine tobacco but whether
he INDUCED in the use Of il is by no mean
certain. At the commencement of the
seventeenth century smoking received
large share Of literary notice than ever
after fell to it's share. Like Milton, Geo.
Withers Is commonly said 10 have in
dulged largely in the solace of his pipe,
and many Of his evenings in Newgate
during his long imprisonment when he
was weary of numbering his steps, we're
relieved with meditations over pipe.
Charles Lamb, according to his own con
fessions was "a fierce smoker of tobacco
but as he advanced in years he was com
PEELED TO relax his intimacy with the
favorite weed, and describes himself MS
resembling volcano burned out, emit
ing now and then only casual puff
Addison had pipe in his mouth at ell
hours, anu Hnhhes, after his early dinner
smoked pipes innumerable, and yet he
attained the age of %.
SMOKERS IN THE CHURCH.
The fret Episcopal smoker in England
was DR.. Richard Fletcher Bishop OF
London, and the priost specially chosen
20 attend on Mary Queen of Scots, at
Fotheringay, on the day of her execution
February 8, 1857 According TO one ao-
count his death had been attributed TO
"his immoderato taking of tobacco"
Archbishop Whateley was another great
smoker, aud his pipe served him as n
book marker. In summer time he might
be- seen sitting on a chair in ST. Stephens
green while he was smoking tobacco.
Archbishop Laud was accused by the
Puritans of being too fond OF smoking,
and Robert Hall, while at Cambridge.
acquired the habit OF smoking from be-
ing in PARIS company, He once said.
81 am qualifying myself for the society
OF doctor of divinity, and this tsolsing
up his pipe) is the test of my admission
Sir Isaac Newton INDUCED freely in this
recreation, and Ben johnson was an
equally ardent admirer OF il. Byron
again, was an enthusiastic admirOr OF the
weed and wrote in its praise. Victor
Hugo WAS another veteran smoker. II
is related how in the year 1883, the con
victs of the prison Of Epinal, France, who
had been for some Zine deprived OF
tobacco actually rose in revolt, the cry
being Tobacco or death" Thomas
Carlyle was a steady smoker, as also is
the present poet laureate. Campbell and
Moore both delighted in their pipes, and
John Gibson Lockhart was seldom seen
without cigar. Jerrold and Fielding
literally pulled at their leisure. Won
Humboldt, travelling in desert places,
argues that tobacco ia beneficial, and
states that it protected him for long
periods against hudger and fatigue.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
TO SOFTEN HARD WATER.

Hard WAGER may be softened by adding
sal ammoniac. One can also use spirits
of sal ammoniac, one teas ooaful to half
gallon OF water. For washing purposes,
the dose must be stronger.
Fuel should be provided in winter for
the summer months. The busy season
will render it difficult to I'll that bill.
Late in the winter it can be prepared in
quantity ready for use. Be prompt
and thrifty farmer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

One hundred and thirty Of the one
thousand prisoners in the New Jersey
penitentiary have taken advantage of the
school privilege granted them by the last
legislature and organized classes. Inc
teachers at The opening session were two
well educated conyicts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
Ilolnn.Y Loslng Gronnd.

SLOWLY but surely the virtue of the
cross Ia making itself known in British
India Year by year the popularity OF
the great car festiyal--the Rath JattrR--
at the temple of Juggernaut, in Orissa. is
becoming less and less. The number of
pilgrims decreases, and this year the re-
llgiOus enthusiasm has fallen OF TO such
an extent as to require that the tervicos
of coolies be hired to drag the car;
marked contrast this TO the insane rush
that was won't TO ensue on former days
when the idol was conveyed from the
temple To it's country house and back
again, and its votaries used not only 20
Eight for the honor of hauling at the
ropee, but would also throw themselves
under the car wheels and be crushed 10
death in honor of the monstrous image
which they thus ignorantly worshiped
Such fate Ia no longer courted as the
royal road to heaven.
When Gen. John G. Fremont walked in
to tho rooms of the Pacific railroad com
mission in New York Saturday, the com
missioners stood up aud greeted him
heartily, and tho lawyers, one after an
other, were introduced 10 him aud grasp
ed him kindly by the hand. He carries
his seventy-four years with step as
spriugy and & form as straight as they
were when he carved pathway over the
Rocky mountains to the new III Dorado
forty years ago His snowy white hair
and wbiskers are as neatly kept as were
his heart in the days when he stole tho
bland locks OF pretty Jessie Benton ia
spite Of her fathers protests, He is
passing his autumn days down at POINT
Pheasant, on the Now Jersey coast and
has gathered about him there the mat
erials for history Of his life.
One of the most pathetic incidents of
| the Exeter Thenter Are was the rescue of
| a woman, who WAS carried out OF the fur
nance OF flame upon the back OF brave
man. He was with his vito at the play
/ when tho fire broke out, and succeeded in
| dragging her part way 10 the door,
whore she fell. There was an instant of
despair and bewilderment, and then he
snatched a covering form from the floor
in the dense crowd and struggled through
| the smoke and darkness to reach the
| street with shrieking woman on his
back. AZ last he was out of danger and
| brea;hlessly lowered his burden Alas!
il was not his wife. la tho confusion and
darkness he had rescued q stranger and
left his wife to be trampled 20 death in
the Hobbies Of the theater.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

A friend OF the late Russian patriot
says that Esthof bad a hard struggle to
win his great position in the teeth OF the
proud Russian "classes," for he was
child Of "nasses.p His father was pan
araar, or beadle, of the cathedral of Mos
COW. in which the Cars are crowned. In
his boyhood he had great deal of lofty
scorn to undergo from his fellow scholars
in the university, where he was always
known by the nickname Of "Pananaritch."
II is said of the mayor of hexandria,
Virginia, that he "can impose fine on
yiolator of law with so muoh ease and
grace that he makes thu fellow feel that
he has really had high compliment
paid him, and leaves the courtroom
feeling better than when he entered
it."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
FARM NOTES.

SO agc learns lessons from ext mest youth (;
That truth is truth, ana trtlst itself IS truth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20

Take cold chicken, or other cold meat
chop fine, and put in stewpan with warm
water, pepper, salt and minced onion.
Cook slowly half an hour, put in baking
pan with grated broad crumbs AID tea
cup of cream. Bake brown.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
TO BAKE AND STUFF A F1su.

Select large, firm-aeshed fresh fish,
wash it carefully in cold water and dry it
in cloth. Crate some bread crumbs and
chop some parsley, take e small sprig of
thyme and marjoram and chop finely,
mix one tablespoonful of the thyme and
uarjorsm, mix all with the bread crumbs,
adding salt and pepper TO taste; fill the
fish with this stuf1ing, and then sew it up;
brush the fish over with egg, and then
roll ii in bread crumbs, covering it all
over; grease dish or tin and lay the
fish on, put into the oven, and bake for
three-quarters of an hour, basting ii with
drippings.
1t is a common remark that farming
doesn't pay, but the st JohnsLury (Vt.)
Caledonian has some simple facts to the
contrary. 1t says; beginning at q
farm half mile outside the limits Of
this village and following that line all the
way 10 the next town distance of twelve
miles, there are eleven contiguous farms.
On every one OF these farms the owners
have not only been able to get a living,
but all have laid up money, and the own
era of every one are now what might be
called forehanded. Several of these men
are worth from ten thousand dollars to
fifteen thousand dollars each, while one
of them is worth at least thirty thousand
dollars and this has been made off the
farms on which they now live.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
APPLE JELLY.

Use fair, sour apples. Slice them,
skins, seeds and all, and simmer with one
half q cup of water, till well cooked and
soft. Then strain through a cloth, add
pound of sugar to a pint of juice, boil
a few moments, skimming till cleari then
pour into glasses, and cover when cold.
A rose-colored mildew mas proved very
destructive to tomato plants in England
this year. 1t is "a fungus known to boz
tanists as Dactylium roseum, but has
hitherto been supposed to exist only up
on vegetation III decay, never attacking
live plants. English agriculturists also
complain of the appearance of the Hes
sian fly in their wheat and barley, while
in Germany the Colorado beetle is devas-
tating the potato corn.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-02
Enjoy Life.

What truly beautiful world We live in
Nature gives us grandeur of mountains,
glens and oceans. and thousands Of means
of enjoyment We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often do
the majority of people feel like giving ii up
disheartened, discouraged and worn out
with disease, when there is no occasion for
this feeling. as every sufferer can easily OBJ
tain satisfactory proof, that Green's August
Flower. will make them free from disease,
as when born. Dyspepsia and liver com
plant are the direct causes of seyenty-iive
per cent of such maladies As biliousness,
Indigestion, sick headache. costivenesS, ner-
vous prostratiOn. dizziness of the head, pal
pitation of the heart, and other distressing
symptoms. Three doses of August Flower
will prove its wonderful effect. Sample
bottles, lOc. Try it.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-02

Unlike the English fox hound, the dog
commonly used about here has short legs
and is in most instances rather small. In
the English system of fox hunting length
Of limb in dog and horse are of immense
advantage; but there there il no use for
the gun, and in reality the jockey may be
a good fox hunter in England. The rea-
son that a short legged dog is the best for
American hunting is that he will not drive
the fox at the top of its speed for long
time. What gives the hunter the advan-
tage and the greatest likelihood of success
is TO have the fox play. This the fox will
not do if he is hard pressed by the hound
when he will lead straight off. \ slow dog,
then, is preferable, and il is well known
fact that a fox will play dog an entire
forenoon ON spot of ground not over an
acre in extent A fox has been seen to
leap from the ground to the top rail Of a
fence and walk there for "A distance of
forty rods, using his tail as a balance and
then TO again leap TO the ground, leisurely
trot out into the open field, sit down in a
place commanding good view, and calm
ly watch the dog work out the problem of
where he went to when the trail left the
ground. Haven Palladium.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-02
The DARKEST HOUR.

For period of four years I've been a
victim of verv severe and aaonizing case
of Salt Rheum, which affected my hands TO
such an extent that they almost became
burden.
NV hand became raw and hOrrifying,
compelling me to keep it covered all the
time.
I've spent hundreds of dollars for vari-
Gus preparations, but instead of benefiting
my condition, they all seemed to stimulate
and encourage the progress of the miSer-
able disease, until had about given up all
hope.
But thank heaven. ''the darkest hour is
just before day." and am rHjoced to know
that positive cure has been found, which
is known as b. b. B.-Botanic Blood Balm.
My family all rejoice at its magical cur
ative powers in giving me relief. My hand
has been cured and resembles burnt sur
face after being healed over, more than any
thing else. 1t has also cured my two chill
dren of a loathesome form of Itch which
had resisted all previous treatment i refer
to any business house in Moody and to
Thomas Payne. Druggist, of whom | pur-
chased the goods. Signed, W. A BRYANT.
Moody Texas Aprit %, 1886.